While Surfing the Internet, You See an Interesting Website You

question 277

Multiple Choice

While surfing the Internet, you see an interesting website you wish to visit. So you begin typing in the URL and realize that you have already forgotten it. This fading of your short-term memory for the URL is due to the process known as

• A)suppression.
• B)disuse.
• C)consolidation.
• D)memory decay.

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Definitions:

Diagnoses

The identification of the nature of an illness or other problem by examination of the symptoms.

Labels

Terms or classifications applied to individuals or groups based on characteristics, which can sometimes lead to stereotyping or bias.

Analyses

The process of examining data or information in detail in order to understand it better or to draw conclusions from it.

Symptoms

Signs or indicators, especially of a disease or a problem, that are evident to the patient or observer.